4. “Where Gellner describes how [the nationalist] imagination works …, Anderson describes not only the ‘how’ of imagination, but what is imagined” (Marcus Banks 1996:127). Clarify and critically review the respective merits of the approaches to the study of nationalism essayed by Gellner and Anderson. Nationalism as a concept first emerged in the late eighteenth century. It was a structural change, fundamental in the transformation in the way of thinking of entire nations. Or as Benedict Anderson would …showed first 75 words of 1456 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1456 total…nationalism are able to hold their own, they are both credible in their arguments. However, I think it is reasonable to conclude that further work can be done in this area to fill the gaps that both have left behind. Word count: 1683. BIBLIOGRAPHY Anderson, B. 1983 Imagined communities London: British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Collins English Dictionary, 1995. HarperCollins Publishers Gellner, E. 1983 Nations and Nationalism Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd Gellner, E 1994 Encounters with Nationalism Blackwell Publishers